Moundville Telephone selects ADTRAN to offer FTTH, mobile backhaul and Ethernet migration

 

ADTRAN
announced that Moundville Telephone Company, a service provider serving
West-Central Alabama, has selected ADTRAN’s broadband portfolio including Total
Access 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform (MSAP), to enhance
its triple-play and high-speed Internet access service delivery.

 

This
will enable Moundville to expand the range, reach and performance of a variety
of Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) services and upgrade existing DSL services. In
addition, the service provider will also utilize the ADTRAN solution for mobile backhaul applications, enabling the transition to Ethernet
transport.

 

Moundville
Telephone Company, approved by the FTTH Council as a certified FTTH operator,
deploys high-speed Internet broadband service using ATM-based DSL. This
existing broadband network is being transformed from ATM to IP/Ethernet.

 

The
Total Access 5000 offers outstanding efficiency and scalability,” said Larry
Taylor, general manager, Moundville Telephone Company.

 

ADTRAN’s
Total Access 5000 was selected for deployment in the Moundville network based
on its flexibility to support a variety of services from a single system and
the additional benefits offered when transitioning embedded networks from
legacy to next-generation services.

 

In
addition, the pseudowire aggregation feature of the Total Access 5000 makes it
ideal for mobile backhaul applications. These benefits, when combined with
capacity and scalability, ensure that Moundville Telephone can quickly and
easily address the changing needs of its customer base for years to come.

 

Moundville
Telephone has tapped into the many benefits the Total Access 5000 offers as a
true multi-service platform,” said P. Steven Locke, vice president of sales,
service providers, ADTRAN Carrier Networks Division.

 

ADTRAN recently announced
that North Alabama Electric Cooperative has selected ADTRAN’s Total Access 5000
Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform (MSAP), Total Access 300 Series
ONTs and a full suite of NetVanta routers and switches.

 

These
solutions combine broadband and smart grid architectures to deliver business
and residential services for unserved and underserved areas in Northern
Alabama.

 

By
Telecomlead.com Team
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